[Verse 1]
Home is where my heart is still beating
I don't know when I'll see her again
I hate to see her cry when I'm leaving
But now I'm a thousand miles away again

[Chorus]
And she feels like Carolina
Looks like California
Shining like those New York lights on Broadway
And when she looks back, I'm behind her
I'll always be there for her
She makes me feel like home's not so far away
She feels like Carolina

[Verse 2]
It's hard to understand the way I'm living
And I know she thinks I'm never coming home (Never coming home)
But I miss her pretty smile, and I'm coming back in a little while
But I'm a thousand miles away again

[Chorus]
And she feels like Carolina
Looks like California
Shining like those New York lights on Broadway
And when she looks back, I'm behind her
I'll always be there for her
She makes me feel like home's not so far away
She feels like Carolina
[Verse 3]
No matter how far I go, you know I can't stop thinking about her
And there's nothing like the way I feel
The way I feel when I'm beside her

[Bridge]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

[Chorus]
And she feels like Carolina
Looks like California
Shining like those New York lights on Broadway
And when she looks back, I'm behind her
I'll always be there for her
She makes me feel like home's not so far away

[Outro]
Carolina (Carolina)
California (California)
Like home's not so far away
She feels like Carolina (Carolina)
Looks like California (California)
She makes me feel like home's not so far away
She makes me feel like home's not so far away